diff --git a/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.ui b/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.ui
index 226aa917..b73760d4 100644
--- a/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.ui
+++ b/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.ui
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@
                         <property name="hexpand">True</property>
                         <property name="vexpand">True</property>
                         <property name="xalign">0.0</property>
+                        <property name="yalign">0.0</property>
                         <property name="min-lines">1</property>
+                        <property name="text-overflow">ellipsize-end</property>
                       </object>
                     </child>
                   </object>